Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,766
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$8,034
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,880
Louisiana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Louisiana — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$46,800
Kept after tax
$38,766
Worth in national money
$43,880
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $46,800. That is 37 of 49 states, and about 4.94% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 302 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,800 you keep $38,766 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,880 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $46,070.
- For insurance claims and policy processing clerks, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $46,800, ranking 37 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 4.94%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 302 of 484 in Louisiana places insurance claims and policy processing clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $38,766 after the full tax stack, from $46,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,880 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,070 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,300 |
| This salary | $46,800 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Louisiana | $38,766 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,784 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,940 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $45,533 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,556 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Louisiana earn less than $46,800. The published range is $33,280 up to $61,300, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $38,766, worked from $46,800. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 302 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,880 uses one figure for the whole of Louisiana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 484 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 302.
- Reported values are medians; for insurance claims and policy processing clerks in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,280 to $61,300. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Louisiana take-home of $38,766, on $46,800 for work ranking 302 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 302 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,880, worked from $46,800, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Louisiana address, on work sitting at 302 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,280 at the tenth percentile, $61,300 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Louisiana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $43,880 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Louisiana then takes its own share, leaving $38,766.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,280 to $61,300) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Louisiana rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Louisiana's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $43,880 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $38,766 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Louisiana income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.